Census History : India

History

Rig Veda – 800-600 BC

Ain-e-Akbari – Mughal King Akbar (16th Century)
1872 – the first systematic Census conducted all over India
(non synchronous)

1881 – the first synchronous Census conducted all over India
1951 – the first Census of Independent India
2011 – the 15th since 1872
the 7th since Independence

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